Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 17:3-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 17 in context

Scripture Focus

3And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:

4He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.

5He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.

6And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

7There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.

8It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

9Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.

10Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.

11Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

12Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;

Ezekiel 17:3-12

Biblical Context

The passage tells of a great eagle uprooting the cedar’s highest branch and planting a vine in rich soil. A second eagle waters the vine, yet the text questions whether it will prosper and warns of its withering.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here, the two eagles and the vine are not distant beasts but inner states within you. The cedar’s highest branch stands for your noblest idea of yourself; the first eagle that crops it away is the belief that external powers decide your fate. The seed of the land planted in a fruitful field by waters is your deeper I AM, receiving nourishment from the inner life you cultivate. The vine grows low and spreads its branches toward the one who waters it—your imagination, your assumption that life supports your ideal. The question, 'Shall it prosper?' is a mirror of your inner certainty. If you persist in the feeling that you are already the king of your own consciousness, the wind cannot uproot you. When the east wind touches the roots, you do not collapse; you revise, reaffirm, and convert outer events into signs of your inner alignment. The king of Babylon entering Jerusalem is not a catastrophe but a beckoning to re-center in the I AM and reclaim dominion within.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the I AM as the owner of your life; visualize the vine thriving in rich soil, nourished by your unwavering belief in your own inner kingship, regardless of external winds.